What is the China/Asia issue? Outsourcing? Immigration? Or the "coming WWIII with China"?
Well, I would say that outsourcing and our trade imbalance with China have strengthened them greatly....thus increasing the liklihood of some sort of future war with them. Trade with China should be severely reduced.
High trade with China makes them more dependent on us. China lacks capitol and secure transportation. In the event of a war they have no free money to invest and no way to secure resources.
Making them economically dependent on our good graces is more likely to prevent a war.
True, but the problem is, we're more dependent on them than they are on us....We import a lot more than we export from China. Big business in the US is highly dependent on China, especially Walmart.
I agree, China needs us too, but if they really wanted to mess with us, they could cut us off, hurting both of our economies....but being a totalitarian dictatorship, they don't have to worry about the plight of the people like we do here.
You have to look at what we import and export. The loss of China would hurt the US economy, but there is, and will be for the forseeable future, free manufacturing capability. We could also pick up on other emerging markets, like India, parts of Africa or Eastern Eruope.
China loses all the resources they need to do anything but basic agriculture. Their only potential trade partner would be Russia.
Losing CHina hurts the US until we pick up the loss or find a new partner.
Losing the US kills China's modernization effort.
Also, the area of China hurt the most would be the thriving east coast. They would likely face far more trouble than you realize. Dictatorships can be overthrown.
